How to format your references using the Array citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Array. For a complete guide how to prepare your manuscript refer to the journal's instructions to authors.

Using reference management software

Typically you don't format your citations and bibliography by hand. The easiest way is to use a reference manager:

Paperpile	The citation style is built in and you can choose it in Settings > Citation Style or Paperpile > Citation Style in Google Docs.
EndNote	Find the style here: output styles overview
Mendeley, Zotero, Papers, and others	The style is either built in or you can download a CSL file that is supported by most references management programs.
BibTeX	BibTeX syles are usually part of a LaTeX template. Check the instructions to authors if the publisher offers a LaTeX template for this journal.

Journal articles

Those examples are references to articles in scholarly journals and how they are supposed to appear in your bibliography.

Not all journals organize their published articles in volumes and issues, so these fields are optional. Some electronic journals do not provide a page range, but instead list an article identifier. In a case like this it's safe to use the article identifier instead of the page range.

A journal article with 1 author

[1]

Giles J. Attosecond science: the fast show. Nature 2002;420:737.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Ashworth AC, Thompson FC. Palaeontology: A fly in the biogeographic ointment. Nature 2003;423:135–6.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Hsin J-P, Sheth A, Manley JL. RNAP II CTD phosphorylated on threonine-4 is required for histone mRNA 3’ end processing. Science 2011;334:683–6.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Cheng J-L, Chen G, Liu C-T, Li Y. Innovative approach to the design of low-cost Zr-based BMG composites with good glass formation. Sci Rep 2013;3:2097.

Books and book chapters

Here are examples of references for authored and edited books as well as book chapters.

An authored book

[1]

Arendt JS, Lorenzo DK. Evaluating Process Safety in the Chemical Industry. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2000.

An edited book

[1]

Hendricks JA, Schill D, editors. Communication and Midterm Elections: Media, Message, and Mobilization. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan US; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Gomez JC, Wang Q, Doerschuk CM. Neutrophils in Acute Bacterial Pneumonia. In: Prince A, editor. Mucosal Immunology of Acute Bacterial Pneumonia, New York, NY: Springer; 2013, p. 83–124.

Web sites

Sometimes references to web sites should appear directly in the text rather than in the bibliography. Refer to the Instructions to authors for Array.

Blog post

[1]

Andrew D. 13 Facts About Flirting That Single — and Married — People Should Know. IFLScience 2016. https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/13-facts-about-flirting-that-single-and-married-people-should-know/ (accessed October 30, 2018).

Reports

This example shows the general structure used for government reports, technical reports, and scientific reports. If you can't locate the report number then it might be better to cite the report as a book. For reports it is usually not individual people that are credited as authors, but a governmental department or agency like "U. S. Food and Drug Administration" or "National Cancer Institute".

Government report

[1]

Government Accountability Office. Space-Based Lasers. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1982.

Theses and dissertations

Theses including Ph.D. dissertations, Master's theses or Bachelor theses follow the basic format outlined below.

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

DeLima LE. Implementing an Innovative Educational Program in an Era of Accountability: An Interview Study of the Expeditionary Learning Program. Doctoral dissertation. George Washington University, 2017.

News paper articles

Unlike scholarly journals, news papers do not usually have a volume and issue number. Instead, the full date and page number is required for a correct reference.

New York Times article

[1]

Gustines GG. From ‘Rocket Girl’ to Karaoke Superstar. New York Times 2015:MB2.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in square brackets:

This sentence cites one reference [1].
This sentence cites two references [1,2].
This sentence cites four references [1–4].

About the journal

Full journal title	Array
ISSN (print)	2590-0056
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